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Shutting down spamd: [FAILED]

Posted: 08 May 2009, 01:45
by hilario
Hi,
When I enable MailScanner in MSFE I see:

Shutting down spamd: [FAILED] Is that normal?

Thanks,
Hilário

P.S. Log bellow:


Enabling MailScanner...
Configuration file passes test! New configuration file was installed.
Enabled ACL options in block ACL_RBL_BLOCK:
......
Mail Scanner exim.conf updating...`/etc/exim.conf' -> `/etc/exim_outgoing.conf'
Done
/scripts/mailscannerupdate: This script should not be run manually. If you really wanted to do that, please add --force
Shutting down exim: [ OK ]
Shutting down spamd: [FAILED]
Starting exim: [ OK ]
Starting exim-outgoing: [ OK ]
Starting exim-smtps: [ OK ]
Generating exim split spool directories...
Updating MailScanner.conf with sensible values...
Shutting down MailScanner daemons:
MailScanner:[ OK ]
Waiting for MailScanner to stop..
Starting MailScanner daemons:
MailScanner: [ OK ]

...Done.

Posted: 08 May 2009, 11:12
by Sarah
Yes, that's normal. It fails to shut down spamd because spamd is not running if you are using MailScanner.